deceiver vs pseudo

pseudo vs deceiver

deceiver and pseudo both are nouns.

deceiver is not an adjective while pseudo is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deceiver	Yes	No	No	No
pseudo	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, pseudo is a hyponym of deceiver; that is, pseudo is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deceiver:

deceiver: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
pseudo: a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Other hyponyms of deceiver include bluffer, four-flusher, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler, decoy, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, defalcator, embezzler, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, counterfeiter, forger, fortune hunter, figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender, imitator, impersonator, fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, role player, sham, shammer, liar, prevaricator, misleader, charlatan, mountebank, obscurantist, sandbagger, two-timer, utterer.

deceiver (noun)	pseudo (noun)
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	a person who makes deceitful pretenses

deceiver (adjective)	pseudo (adjective)
	(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of

Difference between deceiver and pseudo

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